Published by Foehammer 2 years, 8 months ago
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Well, I can’t honestly say I ever really believed this would happen. I mean, I’m just one guy with a blog amid over 100,000 rivals, literally. But as of tonight I received an email for the 3rd time this month informing me that my usage limits on my shared server are far over the allowed range. The numbers aren’t worth posting here because they are technical and even too abstract for me to make any sense of (CPU usage, memory limits, etc.). Suffice it to say, I’m between “a rock and a good place”, because I’m so happy that I’m seeing an average of over 350 unique hits per day from last week and will undoubtedly see somewhere around double that from this week, if not triple. But the reality is this means I can not stay on a cheaper shared server.
Published by Foehammer 2 years, 8 months ago
in Foehammer's Anvil.
Well, I’m back. DOS (Denial-of-Service) attacks were launched against my site and others on my shared server starting Saturday afternoon. But, as you can see, all is well that ends well.
My sincere apologies to my regular readers for the downtime. I will return to the burn on Monday, rest assured.
As to the source of the attack, all I know at this time is that it seems to have originated somewhere near Bangkok, Thailand. This is prompting me to take some precautions, so if anyone in Thailand wants to visit the Anvil, you might need a U.S. proxy. I’m somehow not going to worry too much about losing that one reader from Bangkok.
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Well, I can’t honestly say I ever really believed this would happen. I mean, I’m just one guy with a blog amid over 100,000 rivals, literally. But as of tonight I received an email for the 3rd time this month informing me that my usage limits on my shared server are far over the allowed range. The numbers aren’t worth posting here because they are technical and even too abstract for me to make any sense of (CPU usage, memory limits, etc.). Suffice it to say, I’m between “a rock and a good place”, because I’m so happy that I’m seeing an average of over 350 unique hits per day from last week and will undoubtedly see somewhere around double that from this week, if not triple. But the reality is this means I can not stay on a cheaper shared server.
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